At work

Discussing heavenly bodies

A: ...three body problem...
B: Are we talking porn, or chaotic physics?
C: There's something similar with a double-jointed...
all: *laugh*

Stupidity

When will I learn? The answer is -- 99% of the time -- something obvious and stupid. Not quite "check the computer is on", but "check you're editing the right file" and "remember in $programminglanguage you access a variable with $syntax, and $othersyntax tends to do $disaster"

More stupidity

Further, when will I get priorities straight? I think foo is the way to do something, and don't stop to think that if it's suddenly unreasonable difficult bar would be *nearly* as good, and give me time for $madeupwordrepresentingarbitrary concept. I was doing some perl scripts that do automatic building, and thought it would be better that output is simultaneously written to screen and log file. But this took ages to figure out, and while interesting, ended up being a forking[1] disaster for productivity.

Even more stupidity

My general procrastination, whether to use C++ or not, and so forth shall be reserved for future stupid[1] spod.

Dream

And I dreamt I wore a tie to work but took it off because I was hot. Go figure, interpretations? :)

[1] Pun.

Linkage

Das Keyboard

Production line manager[1]: Dammit, the slikscreen process has failed and all the keycaps have come out blank!
Head of manufacturing: Well, halt the line, back it up and just run them though again
Foreman: It's worse than that; see, I was taking my break and the process has assembled and finished six thousand units - they're lined up for packaging
Production line manager: This is a frickin' disaster. It's not going to be much cheaper to rework them than it would be to scrap them and start again
Sales director: Wait a moment, I have an idea...

Das Keyboard is an enhanced 104-key USB PC keyboard equiped with 100% blank keys mounted on precision and individually weighted key switches

[1]I copied the conversation from somewhere on sdmb but can't find it now.

The next level in kitten cuteness. We predict epidemic levels in 2006 and lj will probably have to be abandoned to kitten-spamming robots by 2010

Kitten war. May the cutest kitten win.

Stupidity the, duh, manyth

POINTY THING CONFUSES KIDS

"Pupils on a visit to a farm confessed to staff they had never seen or eaten a carrot before."

"Some schools are brilliant because they are teaching children about food but there's a big gap that needs filling."

Stupidity the, umhduhblaha, lotsth

A more serious one.

I wasn't able to find any confirmation of this except this article. Supposedly as part of a divorce decree a judge required that the couple didn't expose their child to "non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals." The parents were both wiccan and both appalled.

I can see the point -- imagine the parents were insane cultists -- but I don't have to point out the worryingness of a judge decreeing what is, and is not, a religion. Imagine the outcry if a major religion was so treated. Though it sounds like even if the article is fair it's likely to be overturned on appeal so -- hopefully -- it's not a trend or anything.

Beer

OK, me go beer festival now, via home for an hour to recuperate. And since I won't be online over the weekend I should tell everyone that I love them[1] and sing "A wizard's staff" now.

[1] In retrospect, that should be friend locked :)